Winner takes all as Calzaghe faces ‘Left Hook’

JOE Calzaghe will be fuelled by fear when he steps into the ring in the early hours of tomorrow morning for his massive world super-middleweight title unification showdown against Jeff Lacy.

Calzaghe may reign unbeaten after 40 professional fights but the memory of his last amateur loss 16 years ago still burns as painfully as if it happened yesterday.

The then 17-year-old fighter vowed never again to taste defeat after losing a decision to Romanian Adrian Opreda in the 1990 European Junior Championships in Prague.